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Rabbinic Rambling: March 2008
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Monday, March 31, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Shemini/Parah (The smell of burning death). Speaking of things wholly burnt up, my laptop burnt up via the fan. Hopefully they can fix it. I actually bought a new one from Dell but now it looks like they will fix the old one. Sparky lives another day (A name which I have just dubbed it just now, due to its fire-like tendencies). Links to this post.
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Rabbinic Rambling: November 2007
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Thursday, November 22, 2007. DVAR TORAH S2: Vayishlach (Reality bites). To my international readers, I apologize in advance to the esotericity of the comparison I'm about to make. Family fighting is synonymous with the holiday of Thanksgiving. One of my favorite comedians Lewis Black once ranted long ago on the Daily Show (way back in the Craig Kilborn era) about this holiday, its e...
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Rabbinic Rambling: Dawn of a New Year... in Jerusalem.
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Wednesday, September 08, 2010. Dawn of a New Year. in Jerusalem. Shanah Tovah U'Metukah,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The most important thing to know is that I'm very good at giving massages. View my complete profile. Jewish and Israeli Blogs. People's Choice Award 2006. Hot in the Hut. Yom Ofanayim (aka Yom Kippur). Dawn of a New Year. in Jerusalem. Vital Links and Cool Blogs.
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Rabbinic Rambling: September 2010
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Saturday, September 25, 2010. Hot in the Hut. At least it's better than Moshiko's cryptically Yakov Smirnoff-esque "יש אנשים שקונים פלאפל, כאן פלאפל קונה אנשים" which literally translates as "Some people buy falafel, here falafel buys people"). Anyway Shavuah tov and Chag Sameach. Links to this post. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Yom Ofanayim (aka Yom Kippur). The many bicycles that man...
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Rabbinic Rambling: April 2008
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Saturday, April 26, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Pesach (Our holiday has an egg too, sans rabbit). I wanted to include some words I offered at the second seder about the egg. Gut Shabbos un Gut Yontif,. Links to this post. Saturday, April 19, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Acharei Mot/HaGadol (Pesach and Yom Kippur? What a Great Shabbat! A gut shabbos un a gut yontif! Links to this post. Quickly on last ...
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Rabbinic Rambling: February 2008
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Vayakel (Cholenty Godness). I am going to deliver this to the AJU Hillel this Shabbat, so please understand the esoteric nature of some of my statements. For your mouth-watering pleasure, I also present various pictures of cholent I found on the internet and a "before" picture of the first one I ever made. Today I want to talk about cholent.
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Rabbinic Rambling: January 2008
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Saturday, January 26, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Yitro (Lawlessness and Disorder). Now that I enter my third year of Divrei Torah I begin to run out of ideas about which to write. Let's see how well I do. The question remains: on what laws was Moses basing his judgments? Links to this post. Saturday, January 19, 2008. DVAR TORAH S2: Beshalach/Shabbat Shira/Tu Bishvat (Wonder-ous Bread). On th...
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Rabbinic Rambling: October 2008
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Wednesday, October 08, 2008. DVAR TORAH S3: Rosh Hashannah 5769: The Meaning of Life is a Life of Meaning. The Meaning of Life is a Life of Meaning. Delivered before Congregation Beth Meier. 8220;Hold fast to the spirit of youth – let years to come do what they may! 8221; “To life! The ultimate philosophical question is, “what is the meaning of life? 8221; “Why are we here? 8221; Ma Anu?
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Rabbinic Rambling: Israeli Coalition Scenarios
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Kadima wins but Bibi Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister. This is how I called it last night before I went to bed. It sounds as crazy as Victor Krum catching the golden snitch but Ireland winning the Quidditch World Cup but it is quite plausable. Left and center 28 13 3 4 4 3 = 55. United Arab List/Ta'al 4. Right 27 15 11 5 3 4 =65. United Torah Judaism 5.
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Rabbinic Rambling: December 2007
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From Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of God, Torah, and Israel. About a boy, his Torah, and the big bad world. Saturday, December 29, 2007. DVAR TORAH S2: Shemot (The Next Generation). And now we arrive at the final central human character of the Bible: Moshe. Shabbat Shalom and Happy Sylvester. Links to this post. DVAR TORAH S2: Vayechi (Password: Swordfish which has not yet shed its scales). The daughter of Asher, the only survivor of the 70 named people who went down with Jacob to Egypt centu...